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, and women in the law. she has been named to the american law institute and is recognized as one of the texas top women lawyers. i would also like to introduce can lambert, president and chief executive officer of planned parenthood of greater texas. the organization is the largest reproductive health care provider in the state and one of the largest in the nation. its network of health centers merged this fall and is served central and north texas, including austin, dallas, fort worth, tyler and waco. planned parenthood of greater texas has 28 health centers that serve more than 120,000 texans each year. he joined planned parenthood in 2005 and brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in the health-care industry. finally, that brings us to our keynote speaker tonight. most of us for member that moment sandra fluke entered the national spotlight. as a loss to net georgetown university, she testified before a house democratic committee on the importance of requiring insurance plans to cover contrac
, and women in the law. she has been named to the american law institute and is recognized as one of the texas top women lawyers. i would also like to introduce can lambert, president and chief executive officer of planned parenthood of greater texas. the organization is the largest reproductive health care provider in the state and one of the largest in the nation. its network of health centers merged this fall and is served central and north texas, including austin, dallas, fort worth, tyler...
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they are law. we do not have to agree about them. we do not have to give anyone leverage to do that. we do not have to deal with insurance lobbyists. we are ready won. you give away clothes in the prescription done a whole. you'll give away pre-existing conditions. you give away, and children under age 26. you give away the fact that they cannot deny coverage simply because we get sick. you give away the right of women not to be treated as second- class citizens, as if they have a pre-existing condition. you would give away their right to contraceptives. you'll get all these benefits away so that you can make a political point against the president. that is not good for texas and is not good for the united states. it shows a real fundamental lack of understanding. ob your obamacare -- your complaints about obamacare, you have this conspiracy theory about the president, and he did not like the process. the end result is good things for people, living, breathing people and children. do not give away our benefits so you can make a polit
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laws were passed is they did not understand the implications on the state level. so many people were outraged with the trayvon martin killing, but the district attorney decided not to press charges was elected. most of the issues that affect people every day our local issues, but i believe that national organizations put so much emphasis on the top of the ticket they are ignoring vital state, gubernatorial, state, county commissioner, all those down-ballot races, and when you are talking about the military- industrial complex, those are district attorney's charging people, judge-citizens charging people, so speak to how you are educating your constituents to understand down-ballot races matter, and even more so, then the top of the ticket? >> it is also different states. if you complained about extremism in the republican party or the support by minorities of the democratic party, you self-gerrymander the country, counties, and districts. what is transpiring is you can make sure you -- but you are giving up on south carolina. that will not change blew any time soo
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how do you write a law that covers both? ofi've never been accused being the one with the hopeful aspirational views. we have had this compelling explanation. of how hard it is to draw lines. what exactly is the difference between when i go in the ballot box and i both purely of my personal economic self-interest -- i might not want my taxes to go higher and this guy will make a lower -- why is that differed from someone who says i don't want the taxes of my corporation to be higher? all this sounds to me like an argument to stop trying to write these incredibly complex rules that people work around. what is the case for rules? >> let's say you have some hedge fund donor who lives in connecticut and gave a lot of money to obama in 2008. she is liberal, and environmentalists, all those things, and he has decided that obama is no good. he is still a donor. but don't really care about that. i found it quite shocking that governor romney in a speech took a set of positions about the middle east that will box him in in a way the
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he was the one who signed into law. as a backdrop, we as a nation are dealing with ever-increasing health care costs. as the health care costs go up, we are also dealing with a large number of people who don't have insurance. the massachusetts health reform law was designed to tackle both, but it got to the insurance part first. so it was a bipartisan group effort. romney signed into law. host: >> it hits on the issue of insurance, what was it intended to do? guest: romneycare is basically a teetwo-part process. the first artist to get people insurance coverage. the second part, which is happening now in massachusetts, is to lower health-care costs. what romneycare did was to say we have all these people who are getting hurt or are ill and not treating their illness because they don't have health insurance. hospitals are required to care for them. . ultimately, we as taxpayers pay back money. romneycare upended the process and said we will take steps so that everyone elsdid tell the insurance. people may be a diabetic w
he was the one who signed into law. as a backdrop, we as a nation are dealing with ever-increasing health care costs. as the health care costs go up, we are also dealing with a large number of people who don't have insurance. the massachusetts health reform law was designed to tackle both, but it got to the insurance part first. so it was a bipartisan group effort. romney signed into law. host: >> it hits on the issue of insurance, what was it intended to do? guest: romneycare is...
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i never use it for college, law school, or to get a job. others have backed me up. the boston globe interviewed two dozen people on this. they said in print that he voted for scott brown. it would not know about it until years later. i want to say something about character, since that is the issue. i think character is how you live your life. and the daughter of a janitor who ended up as a professor at harvard law school and working for the president of united states, i am proud of the two children i have raised and the husband i have had for 32 years and by three grandchildren. i have taught school. i have taught a generation of students. hello, occasionally, inspired a few of them. i have -- but i hope, occasionally, inspired a few of them. >> have you model this issue in the campaign? >> i wish i had been faster in answering the question. but the truth is the truth. i believe my mother. i cannot imagine what kind of test of character would be to say that my mother lied to me from the day i was born until the day she died. >> senator, is this disqualifying? >> no,
i never use it for college, law school, or to get a job. others have backed me up. the boston globe interviewed two dozen people on this. they said in print that he voted for scott brown. it would not know about it until years later. i want to say something about character, since that is the issue. i think character is how you live your life. and the daughter of a janitor who ended up as a professor at harvard law school and working for the president of united states, i am proud of the two...
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it was the law. i told them, you should not change the language with one word because it would change the state of law. if you're talking about the mistake they made, i was the one who pointed it out. i can tell you it was after went to them that i told them i could not supported that they changed it. rather than changing the law, i worked to make sure we maintain the law that has stood the test of time. >> rate is rape. we don't need to debate what it is. what we do need to do is make sure we protect individual liberties, that we protect a woman's right to choose. as a doctor, the oath i took this to sit with patients and empower them within their faith and with their family circumstances and make their decisions as best as they can carry as a doctor, i do not want the government coming into the exam room and making those decisions for me. i want to empower my patients to make the decisions that make sense within their faith and their families. we don't want the federal government in the examining r
it was the law. i told them, you should not change the language with one word because it would change the state of law. if you're talking about the mistake they made, i was the one who pointed it out. i can tell you it was after went to them that i told them i could not supported that they changed it. rather than changing the law, i worked to make sure we maintain the law that has stood the test of time. >> rate is rape. we don't need to debate what it is. what we do need to do is make...
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a law was passed by congress. very few republicans, if any, voted for it. it was passed by the democratic majority. the congressman fell to the appointment was not a recess appointment and that it was wrong for the president to make the appointment. host: a tweet -- guest: well, i have a high opinion of myself and i know i get very frustrated and unsure of my own decisions. literally, yesterday, i almost signed up for a credit card that was to go with an airline miles program. it took me about 15 minutes of asking questions before i found that there was a $95 fee they did not tell me up front about the. so i said i don't want the credit card. it is tiresome and difficult and if you have to really be focused. i get taken all the time. what i want is a system of rules that says, here are the main things you need to look at. here are the things to worry about. if the rules are set up to make it easy for me to see what's going on, then i feel i will be making better decisions. i think that is what the cfpb is trying to do. host: denise is a democrat in portland
a law was passed by congress. very few republicans, if any, voted for it. it was passed by the democratic majority. the congressman fell to the appointment was not a recess appointment and that it was wrong for the president to make the appointment. host: a tweet -- guest: well, i have a high opinion of myself and i know i get very frustrated and unsure of my own decisions. literally, yesterday, i almost signed up for a credit card that was to go with an airline miles program. it took me about...
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we won the olympics, in part, because we've had civil rights laws and the laws that prohibit discrimination against women. i have been for those efforts all my life. the president's record is quite different. the question is our future. president kennedy once said in response to similar arguments, "we are great, but we can be greater.' we can be better if we face our future, rejoice in our strengths, face our problems, and by solving them, build a better society for our children. thank you. >> thank you, mr. mondale. [applause] >> please, we have not finished quite yet. thank you, mr. mondale, and thank you, mr. president. and our thanks to our panel members, as well. and so we bring to a close this first of the league of women voters presidential debates of 1984. you two can go at each again in the final league debate on october 21st, in kansas city, missouri. and this thursday night, october 11th, at 9 p.m. eastern daylight time, the vice president, george bush, will debate congresswoman geraldine ferraro in philadelphia. and i hope that you will all watch once again. no matter what the f
we won the olympics, in part, because we've had civil rights laws and the laws that prohibit discrimination against women. i have been for those efforts all my life. the president's record is quite different. the question is our future. president kennedy once said in response to similar arguments, "we are great, but we can be greater.' we can be better if we face our future, rejoice in our strengths, face our problems, and by solving them, build a better society for our children. thank...
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are, i will ignore those laws. and it is not simply prosecutorial discretion. when you register, you are effectively here illegally. if the president can do that, i would be curious what mayor castro would think of a republican president who would begin erasing losses from the books. >> i thought we went through that a couple of years back. [laughter] [applause] >> let's actually talk about that. let's talk about a very specific instance. >> the biggest case in a year as solicitor general is a tragic crime in houston. two teenage girls were horribly murdered. the judicial arm of united nations issued an order to reopen the conviction of 51 murders. and the president, george w. bush, signed an order that attempted to order the state courts to obey the world courts. as solicitor general working for greg debora, on behalf of the state of texas, went before the supreme court and said that the president does not have the authority to unilaterally ignore the law. in fact, i use this exact same example. george w. bush is
are, i will ignore those laws. and it is not simply prosecutorial discretion. when you register, you are effectively here illegally. if the president can do that, i would be curious what mayor castro would think of a republican president who would begin erasing losses from the books. >> i thought we went through that a couple of years back. [laughter] [applause] >> let's actually talk about that. let's talk about a very specific instance. >> the biggest case in a year as...
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mitt romney signed into law when he was governor of massachusetts. our guest is christine mcconnell. we will be joined by the host of reliable sources and laura-born -- ashburn, and we will discuss the recent report on how high school students are doing on the sats. our guest is james montoya. live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> i have all the channels, house, senate, close the book reviews beaches, those kinds of things. i watch which channel i want to see, because i have them all. if there is a speech i know you have covered or a book reviewer, i am going to watch that. when i want to find out something that has some value to it, that is going to be one of the first places i look. i am of broadcasting fare in. i watch those channels. i have five or 10 of the most, but it is going to include all the c-span channels. >> c-span, created by american cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television providers. usa today newspaper features an article on ross perot by richard wallis. c-span travel to ross perot's
mitt romney signed into law when he was governor of massachusetts. our guest is christine mcconnell. we will be joined by the host of reliable sources and laura-born -- ashburn, and we will discuss the recent report on how high school students are doing on the sats. our guest is james montoya. live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> i have all the channels, house, senate, close the book reviews beaches, those kinds of things. i watch which channel i want to see, because i have...
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they are law. we do not have to agree about them. we do not have to give anyone leverage to do that. we do not have to deal with insurance lobbyists. we are ready won. you give away closing the prescription donut hole. you will give away free screening for seniors. you'll give away pre-existing conditions. -- the exception. you give away, and children under age 26. you give away the fact that they cannot deny coverage simply because we get sick. you give away the right of women not to be treated as second-class citizens, as if they have a pre-existing condition. you would give away their right to contraceptives. you'll get all these benefits away so that you can make a political point against the president. that is not good for texas and is not good for the united states. it shows a real fundamental lack of understanding. obamacare -- yourobamacare -- ys about obamacare, you have this conspiracy theory about the president, and you did not like the process. the end result is good things for people, living, breathing people and childre
they are law. we do not have to agree about them. we do not have to give anyone leverage to do that. we do not have to deal with insurance lobbyists. we are ready won. you give away closing the prescription donut hole. you will give away free screening for seniors. you'll give away pre-existing conditions. -- the exception. you give away, and children under age 26. you give away the fact that they cannot deny coverage simply because we get sick. you give away the right of women not to be...
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are, i will ignore those laws. and it is not simply prosecutorial discretion. when you register, you are effectively here illegally. if the president can do that, i would be curious what mayor castro would think of a republican president who would begin erasing losses from the books. >> i thought we went through that a couple of years back. [laughter] [applause] >> let's actually talk about that. let's talk about a very specific instance. >> the biggest case in a year as solicitor general is a tragic crime in houston. two teenage girls were horribly murdered. the judicial arm of united nations issued an order to reopen the conviction of 51 murders. and the president, george w. bush, signed an order that attempted to order the state courts to obey the world courts. as solicitor general working for greg debora, on behalf of the state of texas, went before the supreme court and said that the president does not have the authority to unilaterally ignore the law. in fact, i use this exact same example. george w. bush is
are, i will ignore those laws. and it is not simply prosecutorial discretion. when you register, you are effectively here illegally. if the president can do that, i would be curious what mayor castro would think of a republican president who would begin erasing losses from the books. >> i thought we went through that a couple of years back. [laughter] [applause] >> let's actually talk about that. let's talk about a very specific instance. >> the biggest case in a year as...
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would sign it into law. sign into law that you all come up with $6,400 a year more for the same benefits. now they say to us, oh, no, no, no, no. joe, we don't have that plan anymore. guess what? they got a message from the american people. they say, we got a new plan. new plan. that's going to work better and save medicare. that plan, though, a harvard study comes out and says, that new plan, still a voucher, would cost somebody 55 years old right now by the time they have been on it $60,000 a year more over the life of medicare. ladies and gentlemen, the reason i bother to tell you this is, the fact of the matter is, it goes to motive. it goes to motive. can you imagine me voting for a fwopes proposal adding $6,400 a year to the cost of medicare or $60,000 over the life of it? where i come from, that --the name of a i come from, that would mean the people getting medicare would not be able to hit hit medicare. they would not get nearly the and it is they have now. i do not know anybody who has an extra $6,
would sign it into law. sign into law that you all come up with $6,400 a year more for the same benefits. now they say to us, oh, no, no, no, no. joe, we don't have that plan anymore. guess what? they got a message from the american people. they say, we got a new plan. new plan. that's going to work better and save medicare. that plan, though, a harvard study comes out and says, that new plan, still a voucher, would cost somebody 55 years old right now by the time they have been on it $60,000 a...
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a billion dollars more than the president recently signed into law. it's to make sure our troops are well-housed and well-equipped. bonus plans to keep some of our high-skilled folks in the services and a commander in chief who clearly sets the mission. the mission is to fight and win war and therefore prevent war from happening in the first place. >> vice president gore, one minute. >> let me tell you what i'll do. first of all i want to make it clear, our military is the strongest, best-trained, best- equipped, best-led fighting force in the world and in the history of the world. nobody should have any doubt about that, least of all our adversaries or potential adversaries. if you entrust me with the presidency, i will do whatever is necessary in order to make sure our forces stay the strongest in the world. in fact, in my ten-year budget proposal i've set aside more than twice as much for this purpose as governor bush has in his proposal. now, i think we should be reluctant to get involved in someplace in a foreign country. but if our national secu
a billion dollars more than the president recently signed into law. it's to make sure our troops are well-housed and well-equipped. bonus plans to keep some of our high-skilled folks in the services and a commander in chief who clearly sets the mission. the mission is to fight and win war and therefore prevent war from happening in the first place. >> vice president gore, one minute. >> let me tell you what i'll do. first of all i want to make it clear, our military is the...
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is a wide array of laws that you can violate. marta, robbery, most of those are state. you have a few federal laws, criminal in nature. and i don't know if he's comparing apples and oranges, if he means -- i'd like to know the violations of state and local, if they have comparable laws in china and russia. i don't know that we fully agree with his analysis that we have the most in jail. i've got to have a lot more factiable detail -- factual detail before i would agree with that. host: next is susan, joining from us sacramento. good morning, welcome to the "washington journal". caller: a few comments. one on the taxes. as far as the refundable taxes or the taxes that people get when they are lower income, the earned income tax credit, only people who are working get that earned income tax credits, and it is plowed right back into the economy because they don't have dividends and different investments that they just want to put in. and so it really encourages working. and also, when people who are middle class have the refunds for
is a wide array of laws that you can violate. marta, robbery, most of those are state. you have a few federal laws, criminal in nature. and i don't know if he's comparing apples and oranges, if he means -- i'd like to know the violations of state and local, if they have comparable laws in china and russia. i don't know that we fully agree with his analysis that we have the most in jail. i've got to have a lot more factiable detail -- factual detail before i would agree with that. host: next is...
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i went to law school for all the reasons law school deans tell college students not to go to law school. i've given this speech a thousand times. don't go to law school because you can't think of anything else to do. but i think that's why went to law school. it was a little bit of a process of elimination. it wasn't like a grant burning passionate desire. so i feel a little embarrassed about that i've saved by the falling -- i arrive in law school and a first week i was there, i thought i might have looked into this. i might be year for all the wrong reasons, but i am in the right place. i love this. and i continue to love it. so that's a great thing, to love what you do in your life. >> you have had a number of quite different jobs throughout your career. private practice, on the faculty of chicago and the clinton white house, the first woman dean of harvard, a solicitor general's office and supreme court justice. >> i can't keep a job. [laughter] >> i didn't want to go there. >> this job, i am keeping. [laughter] >> they seem like they might involve quite different skill sets. are th
i went to law school for all the reasons law school deans tell college students not to go to law school. i've given this speech a thousand times. don't go to law school because you can't think of anything else to do. but i think that's why went to law school. it was a little bit of a process of elimination. it wasn't like a grant burning passionate desire. so i feel a little embarrassed about that i've saved by the falling -- i arrive in law school and a first week i was there, i thought i...
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it is a summary of a similar challenge to minnesota laws. the courts really gave this and did not consider it. the supreme court may be concerned that those are the main cases. i will turn to the voting rights act that has another set of cases. they have two main sections that are an interest. the first prevent voter discrimination. section 5 was designed to prevent it from having new worker runs from them explicitly listed in section two. if you are a state or a jurisdiction that requires pre clarence, you cannot change your boating rules unless we clear them ahead of time. you are a presumption that you withing wrong. it started in 1964. we were using these practices or have less than their voting population register to vote. that is because we thought these oppressed minority voter registration. these things to fix racial discrimination should not be perpetual. a racially they said there optimistic. they realize they were not babte yet. now we are there to authorizing it. we have gotten less optimistic over time. while not changing which
it is a summary of a similar challenge to minnesota laws. the courts really gave this and did not consider it. the supreme court may be concerned that those are the main cases. i will turn to the voting rights act that has another set of cases. they have two main sections that are an interest. the first prevent voter discrimination. section 5 was designed to prevent it from having new worker runs from them explicitly listed in section two. if you are a state or a jurisdiction that requires pre...
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our laws against murder are state laws. so, i would think that this would be the point of enforcement on this. as i say, i feel that we have a problem here to resolve. and no one has approached it from that matter. it does not happen that the church that i belong to had that as part of its dogma. i know that some churches do. now, it is a sin if you're taking a human life. at the same time, in our judeo- christian tradition, we recognize the right of taking a human life in self-defense. and therefore, i've always believed that a mother, if medically it is determined that her life is at risk if she goes through with the pregnancy, she has a right then to take the life of even her own unborn child in defense of her own. >> mr. mondale, to turn to you, do you consider abortion a murder or a sin? and bridging from what president reagan said, he has written that if society doesn't know whether life does -- human life, in fact, does begin at conception, as long as there is a doubt, that the unborn child should at least be given t
our laws against murder are state laws. so, i would think that this would be the point of enforcement on this. as i say, i feel that we have a problem here to resolve. and no one has approached it from that matter. it does not happen that the church that i belong to had that as part of its dogma. i know that some churches do. now, it is a sin if you're taking a human life. at the same time, in our judeo- christian tradition, we recognize the right of taking a human life in self-defense. and...
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i was at a local establishment in kansas city full of law students who were really engaged. their reactions were early positive. they felt like he was speaking to them and maybe it is a gender thing. i don't know. between the pundits and agile people who are sitting there and watching and wanting somebody to be talking to them. and we did not feel a connection with romney. >> did you have a reaction or was there some consensus from those your with watching the debate about the style of the debate? we were told by the debate commission that they wanted it to be looser in format, not so 1-minute response and 90-set and rebuttals so that the candidates had more time. did it work? >> i believe that it did. debates are hard to have completely fair. there's always someone speaking last. but i think each candidate had ample time and rebuttals time to put out their thoughts. we did not hear specifics from romney. i think that a lot of the main points are exactly the same. there was talk about the middle class, about better health care, that the approaches are completely different. >
i was at a local establishment in kansas city full of law students who were really engaged. their reactions were early positive. they felt like he was speaking to them and maybe it is a gender thing. i don't know. between the pundits and agile people who are sitting there and watching and wanting somebody to be talking to them. and we did not feel a connection with romney. >> did you have a reaction or was there some consensus from those your with watching the debate about the style of...
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are, i will ignore those law. and it is not simply prosecutorial discretion. when you register, you are effectively here illegally. do that, i president can would be curious what mayor castro would think of a republican president who would begin erasing losses from the books. >> i thought we went through that a couple of years back. [laughter] [applause] >> let's actually talabout that. let's talk about a very specific instance. >> the biggest case in a year as solicitor general is a tragic crime in houston. two teenage girls were horribly murdered. the judicial arm of united nations issued an order to reopen the conviction of 51 murders. and the president, geor w. bush, signed an order that attempted to order the state courts to ey the world courts. as solicitor general working for greg debora, on behalf othe state of texas, went before the supreme court and said that the president does not have the authority to unilaterally ignore the law. in fact, i use this exact same example. george w. bush is a republican, t
are, i will ignore those law. and it is not simply prosecutorial discretion. when you register, you are effectively here illegally. do that, i president can would be curious what mayor castro would think of a republican president who would begin erasing losses from the books. >> i thought we went through that a couple of years back. [laughter] [applause] >> let's actually talabout that. let's talk about a very specific instance. >> the biggest case in a year as solicitor...
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law, that will affect a lot of students. they only come around during thanksgiving holiday is and there voter i.d. may expire by them. my id expires on my birthday. if the election was in december, i would have to go home at a certain time before my id expiry. when the gop started that stuff, that disenfranchised a lot of the students. guest: thank you so much for your call. absolutely, as in america -- every american eligible to vote to be able to cast their ballots. our research shows that young people are missing critical information about voting and reznor -- registration law. we know from research that young people are more likely to turn out to vote when the system and laws are less complicated and less convoluted. one of the most important things we can do to help young people is to provide young people with the basic and critical information they need to be able to know how and where to vote. the data indicates that some young people are less likely to have an idea and we will be studying this. host: a look at the vo
law, that will affect a lot of students. they only come around during thanksgiving holiday is and there voter i.d. may expire by them. my id expires on my birthday. if the election was in december, i would have to go home at a certain time before my id expiry. when the gop started that stuff, that disenfranchised a lot of the students. guest: thank you so much for your call. absolutely, as in america -- every american eligible to vote to be able to cast their ballots. our research shows that...
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it is a secular rule of law. our laws do not heed religious exercise and not supposed to enforce religious dogma their instruments of the state. host: here is a piece that you wrote. host: why? guest: is a case and the court chose to take it. the decision in 2003 was one of the narrow 5-4 decisions. it takes five votes to have a majority. sen the day of a diner has since retired from the court -- sandra day o'connor has since retired from the court. there is an expectation that justice alito will not share racials o'connor's of diversity on campus. that is -- a lawyer with the citizens united case. justice o'connor had been in the five-vote majority. her successor saw things differently so the court reversed an opinion that justice o'connor wrote. int: let's hear from richard florida, an independent. you are on with jess bravin of "the wall street journal." caller: i do not see why nine people should be able to tell 310 million people what they can do what they cannot do. how can you have a decision and then chan
it is a secular rule of law. our laws do not heed religious exercise and not supposed to enforce religious dogma their instruments of the state. host: here is a piece that you wrote. host: why? guest: is a case and the court chose to take it. the decision in 2003 was one of the narrow 5-4 decisions. it takes five votes to have a majority. sen the day of a diner has since retired from the court -- sandra day o'connor has since retired from the court. there is an expectation that justice alito...
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and human rights law. hence the human rights council suspended libya's membership in said council. and set up an international fact-finding commission, and express the condemnation of the international community for such violations. it back commission did certify violations of human rights by the regime forces, and by the hands of some revolutionaries. and therefore, libyan authorities have taken the human rights file to the higher level. mr. president, some wonder whether the arab spring was worthy of support. it to them, i would say, -- would have been better for the corrupt and dictatorial regimes to remain in place for decades more, oppressing, meting out in justice, arbitrary treatment, corruption and violation of fundamental human rights? should they have been allowed to continue pillaging the wealth of the peoples, leading some ahman those oppressed people -- among those oppressed people to extremism? and following a particular agenda that goes against peace and security, one of the resort to terror
and human rights law. hence the human rights council suspended libya's membership in said council. and set up an international fact-finding commission, and express the condemnation of the international community for such violations. it back commission did certify violations of human rights by the regime forces, and by the hands of some revolutionaries. and therefore, libyan authorities have taken the human rights file to the higher level. mr. president, some wonder whether the arab spring was...
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guest: the problem is we are up against the law. congress has difficulty getting laws on the books. this one will have to be rolled back by a piece of legislation that they have to pass through enough of the 435 members willing to stand up and said, we made a mistake. this is bad public policy. we need to step away from it and do something that actually addresses our fiscal problems in this country. sequestration only takes a neck out of the dead and the deficit. does not do anything fundamental. -- out of the debt and deficit. host: our first call is from michigan on the democrats' line. go ahead. caller: i am curious about defense spending. it seems to never stop increasing. we have had the war in iraq for 10 years. that has cost as well, around $1 trillion? the war in afghanistan has been dragging on for 11 years. that is costing us on the $500 billion. we spend a huge amount of the budget -- half of the discretionary defense -- discretionary spending is on defense. i think spending on the military has doubled in 10 years. now we have a $1 trillion deficit the last fiscal year. i
guest: the problem is we are up against the law. congress has difficulty getting laws on the books. this one will have to be rolled back by a piece of legislation that they have to pass through enough of the 435 members willing to stand up and said, we made a mistake. this is bad public policy. we need to step away from it and do something that actually addresses our fiscal problems in this country. sequestration only takes a neck out of the dead and the deficit. does not do anything...
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laws. there is a linkage with the super pacs, because you're seeing people funding these but also the initiative to get these voter i.d. laws passed. my question is twofold. is this pretty blatant -- this is what republican leaders are saying, attempt up boater disenfranchisement and explicit strategy of the republicans that is emerging as something that we're going to see in future elections? just to challenge you, how do you justify it? >> i will take that. i do not know anyone has said that. >> they are saying they do not want certain people to vote. i do not understand how you can justify that. >> i do not know they are saying that. i will give my response here is what happens. i have seen firsthand the voter fraud. it is probably not as rampant as a lot of people would have you believe, just like the threats on republicans tried to disenfranchise people as what you are trying to see. what you have here is a tug between both sides, and both sides think the other side is doing some good
laws. there is a linkage with the super pacs, because you're seeing people funding these but also the initiative to get these voter i.d. laws passed. my question is twofold. is this pretty blatant -- this is what republican leaders are saying, attempt up boater disenfranchisement and explicit strategy of the republicans that is emerging as something that we're going to see in future elections? just to challenge you, how do you justify it? >> i will take that. i do not know anyone has said...
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romney says he has never heard of that law before. i think that is why the president looked so incredulous in terms of his response. there are incentives to take jobs out of the country. laypeople like me even know that. that is another part of him being disingenuous where he was way off the mark. host: any response to that? caller: the bible says this. if a nation will please got a, everything turns out right. all you have to do is please god. barack obama has not pleased god. he is involved in the homosexuality. he gave money for abortions. god and everything we have. he owns it all. he controls at all. all we have to do is please god and everything will turn out good. host: thank you for participating this morning. we appreciate it. lead editorial in "the washington times" -- now, in just a minute we are going to switch of the phone lines a little bit as we go. in just a minute we will change them. we will take two more calls. we will talk to linda from texas and carl from kansas. after that we want to hear from swing state voters
romney says he has never heard of that law before. i think that is why the president looked so incredulous in terms of his response. there are incentives to take jobs out of the country. laypeople like me even know that. that is another part of him being disingenuous where he was way off the mark. host: any response to that? caller: the bible says this. if a nation will please got a, everything turns out right. all you have to do is please god. barack obama has not pleased god. he is involved...
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the arizona law is a terrible discriminatory law. my opponent wants to bring it to nevada. >> let me talk to you about 20% we disagree. she supports blanket amnesty at the end of the day. if you put a blanket amnesty on the floor of the house of representatives, she would support it. let's step back. people come into my office. hispanics are concerned about the dream act. they are also concerned about their families, jobs, the education for their kids, for businesses, and these are the issues we have to solve. their unemployment is higher thanks to my opponent than the general population. we have to put together jobs programs that work. every time my opponent says she voted for a jobs act, the unemployment has gone higher, higher in the state. that has to change. i can remember when she was saying, the stimulus will have 35,000 jobs in nevada. we were losing 65,000 jobs in nevada. every time she talks about jobs growth, unemployment goes higher. >> thank you. our next question. >> one of the biggest issues we face on the federal law
the arizona law is a terrible discriminatory law. my opponent wants to bring it to nevada. >> let me talk to you about 20% we disagree. she supports blanket amnesty at the end of the day. if you put a blanket amnesty on the floor of the house of representatives, she would support it. let's step back. people come into my office. hispanics are concerned about the dream act. they are also concerned about their families, jobs, the education for their kids, for businesses, and these are the...
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but we are a nation of laws. he apparently had a brother that was killed in an automotive who was mugged. of prepared as he was, that is the nature of the presidency. things will happen for which you are not prepared, and i thought it may have been an unfair glimpse, but it was also telling, and i defend the question. >> what does the canada do when a question like that is posed the comes out of left field? it does reach to sometimes the heart of your character or personality? >> i think he did the right thing. there was no pause. there was no interruption. he went straight to the main point of the argument, which is i oppose the death penalty. even under the circumstances. that it drove off from there. this really speaks to what the public expects. >> i think what he probably should have done is answer the question on two levels. one would be my personal reaction would be horrible, i want to kill the person, but we are a nation of laws. i think what people were looking for was a telling sign of what kind of lead
but we are a nation of laws. he apparently had a brother that was killed in an automotive who was mugged. of prepared as he was, that is the nature of the presidency. things will happen for which you are not prepared, and i thought it may have been an unfair glimpse, but it was also telling, and i defend the question. >> what does the canada do when a question like that is posed the comes out of left field? it does reach to sometimes the heart of your character or personality? >> i...
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it was put out by stanford law school and new york university law school, n.y.u. 98% of the people, let's just say 2%, maybe high-level targets, that leaves 98%, the vast majority, who are they? overwhelmingly civilians, and here is president obama. i don't think president bush would have been able to get away with this. people would have risen up around the country. but president obama, who was elected by the anti-war movement, because he was opposed to the war in iraq, hillary clinton, his democratic opponent in the primaries was for the war. i actually think that's the reason president obama is president today. that was the main difference. hillary clinton was not able to let go of the war in iraq, was not willing to say that perhaps she was wrong in voting for it till the very end when she saw she was going down. but here now president bush has inherited the war in afghanistan and continued it, and these drone wars are terrorizing populations. i encourage everyone to look at this report, "living under drones," or go to democracynow.org and see our interview. in pakistan, the people ar
it was put out by stanford law school and new york university law school, n.y.u. 98% of the people, let's just say 2%, maybe high-level targets, that leaves 98%, the vast majority, who are they? overwhelmingly civilians, and here is president obama. i don't think president bush would have been able to get away with this. people would have risen up around the country. but president obama, who was elected by the anti-war movement, because he was opposed to the war in iraq, hillary clinton, his...